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Montreal comes up #2 on the Lonely Planet list of happiest places, behind only Vanuatu.
I bet they don’t have poutine, though.
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Odd that I only find this story on a Lethbridge news site: two large hydrokinetic turbines are to be installed in the river off the Old Port next month. Hope the local media have some angles soon.
Later: Radio-Canada and CBC report on the turbines.
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The young woman who died beside her baby was afflicted with a brain tumour so no foul play is suspected in her death; West End gang leader Gerry Matticks is getting out of jail; the family of football player Tommy Kane’s murdered wife has been awarded $600K from Kane’s assets, although he’s currently jailed for his conviction for killing her in 2003; friends are mourning Mandar Verma, the Concordia student who died in a camping mishap in the Rivière Rouge on the weekend.
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Archives de Montréal looks back at the opening of Notre-Dame Hospital 130 years ago on this date, first on Notre-Dame itself, and moving just over a century ago to its present location on Sherbrooke across from Lafontaine Park.
The archivist doesn’t say exactly where the old building was, except that it was on the spot where the Hotel Donegana had been. Here’s an interesting ad for the Donegana, which is described as having a view over Viger Square and Champ de Mars toward the mountain, taken from the Albums Massicotte:
Also today, Coolopolis looks back at the history of Mill Street which is much more interesting than you’d think, if you walked along there today.
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Jason Prince gets out the scratch pad and works out how much it would cost to move a Turcot-full of people back and forth every day by bus. He wants comments.
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Andy Riga lists eight upcoming Heritage Montreal guided walks including one around “little known” Rosemont and Mile End – don’t forget your pith helmet – as well as Griffintown, Maisonneuve and other interesting spots.
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Lots of dog day stories today: the pastor of an evangelical church has been accused of defrauding his parishioners by taking their money and giving nothing back (I thought that was part of the job description); a man was shot last night in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve; a Concordia student died in mysterious circumstances up the Rivière Rouge; a young woman was found dead in equally mysterious circumstances at home with her baby.
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Fagstein ponders the circumstances of Fabrice de Pierrebourg joining La Presse. I see why de P.’s choice could be questioned, but I think it’s key that he’d been fired earlier this month and thus he was no longer truly a lock-outé. Even if the lockout were lifted and the other Journal workers went back, he’d still be on the sidewalk. You can’t blame the man for not wanting to see his career wither and die; far preferable that he’ll be doing investigative reporting for a better paper.
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Stop the presses! A study has demonstrated that in Quebec, the rich are greedier than other folks.
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The city’s system by which residents can object to changes in by-laws and force a local referendum is found wanting.
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imagine (le) mile-end has posted an audio interview with Luc Ferrandez from 98.5 FM.
